#nisha is hawke lmao

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A different Borderlands x Dragon Age AU than the other one I did, this time based more on DA: Inquisition! Now including classes + specializations for each character!

Rhys is the Inquisitor, but still a Tevinter Mage like in my last AU, bc I really like that idea. He’s totally practiced blood magic before. Everyone is Ferelden + Orlais is giving him shit for being Tevene; he just wants to close the Breach and go home.

Fiona and Sasha are City Elves from Kirkwall, who ran away after the turmoil caused by the Mage Rebellion, and made their way to Haven to join the Inquisition. They end up joining the Inquisitor’s Inner Circle uwu

Vaughn is a traveling mercenary. TBH, I didn’t know which group to put him in, but I imagine he’d traveled to the Tevinter Imperium at some point for a job and met and befriended Rhys while there. They keep in contact via letters, and when Rhys writes to him about the Inquisition, he drops everything and runs off to join his friend.

Angel and Jack have relatively the same roles they did in the last iteration of this AU; Angel is an apostate mage, raised by her ex-Templar father, Jack, who left the Order when her magic made itself apparent. He joined the Grey Wardens to avoid being punished for leaving the Templars. Aaaand in this version, Jack is the Hero of Ferelden, who stopped the Fifth Blight. He joins the Inquisition at Angel’s behest and sort of ends up their military commander. And Rhys happens to be quite a big admirer of his...

Other characters include Yvette the diplomat, Athena the Seeker, and Maya the Spymaster. :>

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Notes on Borderlands x Dragon Age AU

Hey! So since so many people seemed interested in this au, I thought I’d share a few more of my ideas for it. Bear in mind, this isn’t meant to be a strict adherence to the Dragon Age plotline, and some characters share multiple inspirations.

Roland is basically Alistair. A veteran Grey Warden by the time Jack joins the Order, he accompanies Jack on his quest to end the Fifth Blight. As I was plotting this all out, they sort of ended up being friends?? Mostly bc this AU version of Jack isn’t a massive asshole lmao. Anyway, Roland reluctantly becomes King of Ferelden after the Blight and is well-loved by the people.

Lilith is the Morrigan stand-in, except she’s also a Dalish Elf who was exiled for practicing blood magic. Morrigan and Alistair’s hostile relationship from the games is replicated by Lilith and Jack in this AU. When she brings up the Dark Ritual, she performs it with Roland - she would have flat-out refused to with Jack. 

I’m thinking the Kieran stand-in in this AU might be either Tiny Tina or Gaige? I’m not sure tbh

Tassiter is the Loghain stand-in. should be self-explanatory lol. Jack totally beheads him.

Vallory and August are both Qunari. IDK I just think they’d look cool as Qunari lol. Maybe Vallory is August’s superior in the Ben-Hassrath (the Viddasala), and August is a spy (Hissrad). And then August kinda follows Iron Bull’s good storyline and leaves the Qun for the Inquisition, becoming Tal-Vashoth. 

Brick is also Qunari, but he’s been Tal-Vashoth for a while.

Mordecai is an Antivan Crow. Again, I just thought it’d be cool

Vasquez is a Tevinter magister who tries to pull one over on Rhys, only to find out Rhys has been named Inquisitor. He eventually joins the Venatori and opposes the Inquisition at every turn.

Nisha is a cross between Hawke and Isabela. A wandering pirate who stopped in Kirkwall juuuust long enough to become Champion, at which point she promptly bounced and went back to adventuring. She slept with the Hero of Ferelden at some point during the Blight, and she’s not shy about talking about it.

I spent a long time thinking about Tim in this AU and I’m kinda split. On one hand, he could be Jack’s brother who joined the Grey Wardens before him and convinced him to join for Angel’s sake (he’d be the stand-in for Stroud in this case) 

OR he’s a spirit from the Fade, who can manipulate what he looks like to other people. For whatever reason, he chooses to look like Jack. Idk. Let’s just say Jack finds it flattering. In this case, he’d be the Cole stand-in. 

Aurelia would essentially be Vivienne, aka a First Enchanter in the Circle of Magi, but she doesn’t really give a shit about the whole ‘mage equality’ thing and doesn’t really follow the rules of the Circle, either. As long as she can further her own agenda and gain more powerful magic, she’s good.

Sir Hammerlock is the Dorian stand-in. He’s a mage, but was often overshadowed by his older sister. He’s a scholar on all manner of magical beasts, but he favors dragons in particular. 

Loader-Bot and Gortys are Mabari hounds, bonded to Rhys and Fiona respectively. Gortys is just a pup when they first find her, being protected by the much bigger and more intimidating ‘Elbie’. 

Aaaand finally (for now), Tyreen and Troy are the Corypheus stand-ins. As in, they’re ancient mages who became corrupted in their quests to become gods, and are causing shit that leads to the creation of the Inquisition.